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H.  S.  BELDEN. 


R.  H.  CREVOSI E, 


J.  J  W H  IT ACRE, 


AVE.7  i 
COLUMBIA  u;i. 

PRESIDENT.  VICE  PRESIDENT.  SECY  AND  IRE 


The  Ohio  Hollow  Block  Co., 

MANUFACTURERS  AND  SHIPPERS  OF 

Buildii?^  Bloel^s  Draii?  5ile, 


fire  proofi^,  Briel^  ai?d  pire  <?lay. 


FACTORIES : 

CANTON . 
OSNABU  RC  , 
LOU  ISV1LLE, 
MAGNOLIA , 


Canton,  Ohio. 


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rr\HE  massive  business  blocks,  10  stories  or  more  in  heigh  I ,  going  up  in  all  our  large  cities  today,  are  in  a 
O  great  majority  of  cases  built  of  brick  mainly,  and  malty  of  them  entirely  ignoring  stone  and  iron.  Not  only 
forthe  reason  given,  but  because  the  advance  in  the  Hollow  Brick  making  has  placed  this  material  in  the  front 
rank  for  ornate  purposes.  So  that  it  may  be  truthfully  said  that  the  maximum  of  strength,  beauty  and  inde¬ 
structibility  is  today  found  in  clay  construction. 

There  has  been  a  gradual  approach  to 

HOLLOW  CONSTRUCTION, 

until  now  no  tirst-class  building  is  erected  in  any  of  our  cities,  in 
which  inside  walls  are  not  made  in  whole  or  in  part  of  Hollow 
Brick  Tiling.  About  $200,000  worth  of  this  material  was  em¬ 
ployed  in  the  construction  of  the  great  Auditorium  Building  in 
Chicago,  while  numerous  single  business  buildings  in  that  city 
have  each  absorbed  $50,000  to  $100,00  worth  of  the  same 
material. 

These  hollow  tiles  made  mainly  in  the  forms  herewith  shown 


t  Hollow  Brick  Wall  veneered  with 
Pressed  Brick, Tied  every  fourth  course  have  begun  to  be  employed  for  outer  walls,  especially  in  Ohio 
with  Galvanized  Iron.  ,  "  .  ,  ,  .  ,  ....  ,  ,  ,  .  ( 

and  Illinois,  where  large  business  buildings  and  tactones,  from 

foundation  up,  and  containing  heavy  machinery  or  merchandise,  have  been  built  of  them. 

The  process  of  manufacture  is  quite  interesting.  A  plastic  tire  clay  being  used  as  the  base  of  the  material, 
is  moulded  into  various  forms  and  sizes,  all,  however,  being  of  hollow  construction,  so  that  when  built  into  a 
wall,  a  perfect  dead  air  space  is  always  formed  resisting  the  changes  of  temperature  more  perfectly  than  any 
other  building  material.  The  clay,  after  passing  through  many  processes  of  manufacture,  is  placed  in  kilns, 
and,  with  intense  heat,  is  burned  to  vitrification  and  glazed,  making  the  material  not  only  beautiful  in  finish 


17"  Wall,  showing  construction  of 
8  x &  x  IS  and  Headers  of  8" 
Corner -Blocks. 


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but  moisture  proof,  and  therefore,  impervious  to  the  ravages  of  the  elements.  It  is  a  well-known  fact  that  a  red 
brick  building'  absorbs  tons  of  water  during  the  rains,  and,  in  cold  weather,  this  moisture  is  frozen  in  the  walls. 
Every  person  has  noticed  the  decay  of  brick  walls  near  the  ground  at  the  frost  line.  Nothing  of  this  kind  will 
happen  to  a  wall  built  of  our  hollow  building  tile;  as  no  water  is  absorbed  the  walls  are  not  affected  by  freezing. 
The  hollow  brick  of  the  manufacture  described  above  weigh  about  one-third  of  common  brick  of  the  same 

size;  therefore  are  easier  to  handle,  cheaper  to 
transport,  and  can  be  used  for  constructions 
where  solid  brick  would  add  much  to  the 
weight  of  high  structures.  For  the  construc¬ 
tion  of  cellar-arches,  arches  between  iron  gir¬ 
ders  for  ceilings  or  supporting  fire-proof 
stairways,  the  hollow  brick  are  unsurpassed 
on  account  of  their  light  weight  not  interfer¬ 
ing  with  strength  or  solidity.  A  hollow  wall 
built  of  hollow  brick  is  the  best  non-conduc¬ 
tor,  and  a  house  built  of  such  will  be  warm 
in  winter  and  cool  in  summer.  A  chimney 
built  of  hollow  brick,  joints  well  tilled  with 
mortar,  will  always  have  a  better  draft  than 
any  other,  because,  sudden  changes  in  the 

temperature  don’t  interfere  with  the  temperature  in  the  chimney  flue. 

We  recommend  the  use  of  hollow  brick  everywhere,  where  transportations  of  long  distances  would  in¬ 
crease  the  price  of  heavy  solid  brick  too  much ;  for  all  kinds  of  country  houses,  barns,  stables,  shops,  store-rooms, 


Paver. 

Price,  S30  per  M. 


Side  Walk. 
Paver. 

Price  550  per  M. 


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RESIDENCE  OF  MR.  PETER  BALMAT,  LOUISVILLE,  O. 


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ware-houses,  etc.;  for  cellar  arches,  ceilings,  floors,  supporting  arches  of  tire-proof  stairways,  all  kinds  of  chimneys,  smoke  stacks  for  boilers,  inside  partitions  and 
numerous  other  purposes,  and  in  very  many  cases  the  introduction  of  hollow  brick  would  replace  the  use  of  high  priced  lumber,  and  would  make  buildings 
more  durable,  healthy  and  fire-proof. 

Instead  of  their  being  used  principally  as  a  foundation  element,  they  are  being  largely  used  to  form  the  outside  walls  of  large  and  handsome  buildings. 
The  well-known  clay-working  machinery  manufacturers,  The  Frey-Sheckler  Co.,  Bucyrus,  Ohio,  have  within  the  last  year  come  into  possession  of  valuable 
patents  covering  the  exclusive  use  and  manufacture  of  a  device  for  ornamenting  hollow  building  blocks  and  bricks,  which  machine  they  have  now  placed 
upon  the  market.  The  cuts  of  some  of  the  designs  furnished  by  this  company  are  herewith  shown  to  enable  our  customers  to  form  an  idea  of  their  utility 
and  beauty.  Rock-face  work  together  with  any  design  which  can  be  successfully  worked  in  clay  can  be  made  by  our  company  upon  solicitation. 


OTHER  ADVANTAGES. 


1st.  Being  less  than  one-third  the  weight  of  brick,  the  cost  of  freight  and  cartage  is  reduced  proportionally. 

2nd.  There  being  only  about  one-eighth  the  mortared  surface,  the  material  and  labor  required  in  laying  is  reduced 
proportionally. 

3rd.  The  wall  can  be  much  more  rapidly  laid  than  any  other  wall  of  masonry. 

4th.  The  crushing  strength  of  a  standard  size  building  block,  made  under  the  most  accurate  and  scientific  test  is  shown 
to  be  283,400  pounds. 

5th.  As  to  strength;  we  have  in  mind  some  of  the  most  notable  "Sky  scrapers”  of  Chicago,  but  will  notice  one  of 
them.  This,  a  twelve  or  thirteen-story  building,  stands  on  the  foundation  and  walls  in  part  of  the  old  “Board  of  Trade 
Building.”  corner  of  Washington  and  LaSalle  Streets,  and  is  one  of  the  most  beautiful  of  the  office  buildings  of  that  city. 
Upon  the  top  of  these  walls  stands  nine  stories  of  wall  of  hollow  blocks  of  terra  cotta.  One  has  to  be  told  that  they  are 
not  stone  in  order  to  know  it.  The  face,  ends  and  sides  of  the  block  are  intact,  but  the  inner  side  is  hollow  or  recessed 


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to  reduce  the  weight  by  nearly  one-half  as  against  solid  blocks,  the  result  being — the  lightest  possible  material  to  try,  by  their  towering  height,  the  foundations. 


Following  is  a  Report  of  a  Recent  Test  of  one  of  our  8x8x16  in.  Blocks : 


PITTSBURGH  TESTING  LABORATORY,  Ltd. 

Inspecting  and  Metallurgical  Engineers 
and  Chemists. 

116  WA  I  ER  S  I  REET. 

George  H.  Clapp,  Chairman. 

Alfred  E.  Hunt,  Vice-Chairman  and  Treasurer 


Form  14. 


BRANCH  OFFICES: 

PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 

CHICAGO,  ILL. 


February  2nd,  1894. 


Reprrt  of  Tests  of  Hollow  Building  Blocks. 

Made  for  The  nhio  Hollow  Building  Block  Co  ,  Canton,  O. 

Pressure  applied. 


A 

X 

f 

«  10  in. 


Failed  at  283,400  pounds. 


6th.  Durability.  Upon  this  point  we  need  not  dwell,  because  the  qualities  are  the  same  as  found  in  brick. 
7th  Must  compete  in  cost.  We  estimate  their  cost  to  be  much  less  than  brick. 


Pittsburgh  Testing  Laboratory,  Ltd, 
John  M.  Bailey, 

Secretary. 


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8th.  Adaptation  to  varying  architectural  requirements.  Good  judgment  being  used,  the  various  sized  blocks  will,  as  a  rule,  represent  a  certain  number  of  brick  laid  in  a  wall. 
This  will  make  it  possible  and  easy  to  carry  forward  any  supplementary  work,  as  chimneys,  etc.  It  is  practicable  to  adapt  blocks  to  receiving  and  holding  in  position  window  and 
door  frames  with  better  provision  than  is  ordinarily  made  in  brickwork  tor  ventilating  and  smoke  flues,  and  floor  joists  and  rafters  will  fall  naturally  into  places  prepared  for  them. 

9th.  Greater  resistance  to  heat  and  cold.  It  is  well-known  that  air  is  the  best  of  non-conductor,  and  that  felt,  asbestos,  etc.,  are  valuable  for  this  purpose  in  proportion  to 
their  air  cell  capacity.  The  so-called  “Hollow  brick  wall”  is  usually  only  so  in  name.  The  two  inches  or  so  of  space  left  is  ordinarily  tilled  with  droppings  of  motar,  and  tie 
brick  take  up  another  large  per  cent,  of  what  we  are  pleased  to  call  an  air  chamber.  Volume  of  air  space  plays  as  much  a  part  in  non-conduction  as  the  area  of  a  brick  does  to  its 
weight.  Hence  two  inches  space  in  a  hollow  brick  wall,  even  though  unobstructed,  may  be  compared  with  six  inches  and  upwards  in  a  hollow  block  wall. 

fOth.  Best  adapted  to  ventilation.  Good  ventilation  means  health  and  comfort  and  fewer  doctors’  bills,  length  of  days  and  brighter  ones.  We  are  getting  to  understand  this, 
but  we  don’t  yet  know  what  a  boon  in  this  line  the  Hollow  Building  Block  is  to  be,  with  horizontal  and  vertical  air  ducts  and  a  system  of  both  direct  and  indirect  connection  with 
the  great  reservoir  of  pure  outside  air. 

llth.  Adaptation  to  electrical  and  other  appliances.  It  will  readily  be  seen  why  a  hollow  block  will  furnish  space  for  telephone,  electric  light  and  power,  burglar  alarm  and 
other  requirement  of  wires  or  pipes  that  may  come  from  the  future  invention  of  Edison  or  his  coinventors. 

12th.  As  to  artistic  designs.  All  that  can  be  said  of  the  beauty  of  ornamental  brick  or  stonework  may  be  said  of  the  Hollow  Building  Block,  and  more  may  be  added  since 
brickwork  is  somewhat  restricted  in  scope  by  the  size  of  the  individual  block,  while  the  block  representing  the  face  of  from  four  to  eight  brick,  each  may  represent  a  variety  of 
stonework  from  broken-faced  to  paneled  and  fret  work,  and  may  also  include  any  style  of  bond  or  ornamental  design.  From  foundation  to  cornice,  door  and  window,  cope  and 
environments,  water  tables  and  corner  pilasters,  belt  courses  and  panels,  are  yet  to  be  the  products  of  a  multidude  of  works  now  producing  only  common  brick. — |Clay  Worker.) 


PRICE  LIST. 

Size  of  Block.  8x8x16  in.  long . Weight,  34  lbs . Car  loads,  F.  O-  B.  Factorv  .  8c. 


8x10x16.  “  with  partition . 

•  48  " 

“  “  “ 

.  10c. 

8x12x16.  “  “  “  . 

54  “ 

u  it  ti 

tt 

.  12C. 

8x10x3  ft.  long,  Steps,  with  partition. 

‘  1 50  “ 

- 

.  per  ft.,  25c. 

8x10x4  ft.  “ 

•  150  “ 

.  per  ft..  25c. 

8x12x3  ft.  “  “  "  “  . 

‘  120  “ 

“  “ 

..; .  per  ft..'  30c. 

8x12x4  ft.  “  “  “  “  .  ‘ 

•  160  “ 

.  per  ft.,  30c. 

By  giving  exact  dimensions  of  cellar,  with  size  of  openings,  we  can  furnish  you  exactly  what  is  required  to  build  your  walls. 
Estimates  cheerfully  given  for  furnishing  and  constructing  foundations. 


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DIRECTIONS  FOR  BUILDING. 


Break  all  joints. 

At  right  angles  and  openings,  use  regular  block. 

For  bay  windows,  use  angle  block  made  expressly  for  that  purpose. 

Lay  in  mortar— one  part  lime,  two  parts  sharp  sand,  gauged  with  best  Portland  cement. 


DRAIN  TILE.  In  One  Foot  Lengths. 


I  nside 
Diameter 


2h 

V 

4 

5 

6 
8 

10 

12 


pick  r: 


Branches 

each. 


in.  $  12  00 
1 5  00 
“  22  00 
Jo  00 
“  44  00 

80  00 
“  120  00 

“  150  00 


per  1,000  feet 


7 

8 

10 

12 

15 

25 

40 

60 


Weigh i  per 
foot. 


5  lbs. . 
4  lbs. . 

6  lbs. . 
8  lbs. . 

1 2  lbs. . 
18  lbs. . 
i28  lbs,  . 
I  42  lbs 


The  above  Prices  are  for  goods  F.  0,  B.  at  the  Factory.  No  allowance  for  breakage. 


TESTIMONIALS 


Louisville,  Ohio,  February  14,  1S94. 

The  Ohio  Hollow  Block  Co.,  Canton,  Ohio: 

% 

Gents:  The  house  that  I  built  of  your  Rock  Face  Building;  Blocks  are  sat¬ 
isfactory  in  every  respect.  It  is  nice,  cheap,  warm,  durable  and  fire-proof.  Never 
.hump;  when  it  was  4  degrees  below  zero  on  the  outside  it  was  42  degrees  in¬ 
side,  and  no  tire  had  been  made  for  over  ten  hours.  1  consider  it  the  best 
material  in  the  world  for  a  good  house.  Should  I  ever  build  any  more  houses 
will  build  of  same  material.  It  is  admired  by  all.  Shall  be  pleased  to  show  the 
house  to  any  one  or  answer  letters  concerning  it.  If  you  intend  to  build  by  all 
means  use  the  Rock  Face  Building  Blocks,  and  you  will  never  regret  it. 

Yours  respectfully, 

PETER  BALMAT. 


To  Whom  it  May  Concern : 

We,  the  undersigned,  have  been  in  the  building  brick  business  for  the  last 
four  years  in  our  city  (Alliance,  Ohio)  and  must  truly  say,  as  far  as  we  know, 
for  anyone  who  wishes  to  build  a  cheap,  substantial  house,  they  are  just 
the  thing  for  cellar  walls  and  foundations.  They  never  crumble  with  frost,  and 
are  as  durable  as  the  best  of  stone  (if  properly  burned)  and  make  a  much  warmer 
and  dryer  cellar.  Respectfully  yours, 

1.  G,  TOLERTON  &  SON. 


Sharon,  Pa.,  January  25,  1892. 

The  Ohio  Hollow  Block  Co.,  Canton,  Ohio: 

Gentlemen  :  The  Building  blocks  we  bought  from  you  for  twenty  cellars  at 
Wilmerding,  Pa.,  were  entirely  satisfactory.  The  people  there  are  very  much 


pleased  with  them.  They  make  a  nice  appearance,  are  quickly  built,  and  are 
cheaper  than  stone.  We  gladly  recommend  hem  to  anyone  for  cellar  walls,  as 
they  fill  the  bill  for  which  they  were  intended  in  every  respect.  When  needing 
more  you  will  hear  from  us.  Yours  very  truly, 

WALLIS  &  CARLEY. 


Massillon,  Ohio,  January  to,  1892. 
Ohio  Hollow  Block  Co.,  Canton,  Ohio: 

Dear  Sirs  :  Have  finished  Veterinary  Hospital,  for  which  you  furnished 
building  blocks.  The  building  is  60  feet  long,  35  feet  wide  and  26  feet  in  height; 
comprises  a  basement,  a  first  and  second  story.  It  makes  a  very  good  appear¬ 
ance;  is  strictly  fire-proof,  durable  and  satisfactory  in  every  particular. 

We  can  recommend  building  blocks  to  be  very  cheap  and  durable,  as  com¬ 
pared  with  other  building  materials.  Yours  truly, 

DRS.  F.  Z.  GROFF  &  SON. 


Minerva,  O.,  January  l,  1S92. 

Ohio  Hollow  Block  Co.,  Canton,  Ohio: 

Gents  ; — 1  will  want  several  carloads  of  your  hollow  brick  the  coming 
spring.  They  ate  good — giving  satisfaction  in  every  particular.  I  have  used 
them  for  live  or  six  years.  1  suppose  there  are  more  than  thirty  houses  here 
with  tile  walls  under  them,  and  several  warehouses  40x60. 

Yours  respectfully, 


GEORGE  M.  BOWDEN. 


